Single Dads Discuss The Difficulties Of Dating

19 Single Dads Reveal What Dating Is Really Like After You Have Kids

Dating, period, is weird. But, little secret: Dating as a single dad is extra weird. There are so many questions. Like: Does your dad status make you more or less of a catch? Or, for that matter, does your dad bod make you more or less of a catch? It really depends on who you're flirting with, of course, but online dating as a dad is completely unlike online dating as a young buck with no responsibilities to anyone. You have to filter all your swipes wondering whether she'd work not only for you, but also for your kids. Would they like her? Would she hate them? Is this an evil stepmom in the making-type scenario?

Unfortunately, most people only know about this experience from TV shows and movies where guys sleazily use their father status to pick up chicks, or even pretend to be single dads when they're not to reap the supposed benefits that single-dad status carries on the dating scene. Is there any truth to it? Luckily for us, secret-sharing app Whisper has rounded up a collection of confessions from single dads about what it's really like to date when you have offspring.